The Wadali Brothers – Puranchand Wadali and Pyarelal Wadali – are Sufi singers and musicians from Guru Ki Wadali in the Amritsar District in Punjab, India. Pyarelal Wadali, the younger of the two died on 4 March 2018 at the age of 75 due to cardiac arrest at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Amritsar.
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge is an Indian reality stand-up comedy series produced by Endemol India. The first four seasons aired on STAR One from 15 June 2005 to 26 September 2008. The show's fifth season premiered on 30 September 2017 on STAR Plus and was judged by Akshay Kumar.
The Comedy Circus Show is an Indian comedy show that aired on Sony Entertainment Television.
Malabika Kanan was an Indian classical vocalist.
Kapil Sharma is an Indian stand-up comedian, television host, actor, dubbing artist, producer and singer. Sharma is the host on the stand-up comedy and talk show The Great Indian Kapil Show and The Kapil Sharma Show and has received five Indian Television Academy Awards.
Abhishek Sharma, popularly known by his screen name Krushna Abhishek, is an Indian actor, comedian, and television host from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is notable for his humorous work in comedy shows on Indian television such as Comedy Circus, Comedy Nights Bachao,The Kapil Sharma Show, and The Great Indian Kapil Show.
Pandit Yashpaul was an Indian classical singer belonging to the Agra gharana.
Shanno Khurana is an Indian classical vocalist and composer, from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana of Hindustani classical music. A disciple of the doyen of the gharana, Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan, she is known for performing rare bandish and raag, though her singing style includes genres like khayal, tarana, thumri, dadra, tappa, to chaiti and bhajan. Born and brought up in Jodhpur, she started singing on All India Radio in 1945 in Lahore, later shifted to Delhi, where she continued her singing on All India Radio, Delhi and in concerts and music festivals. She also pursued music education, finally earning her M.Phil. and PhD in music from the Kairagarh University, and has undertakes extensive research on folk music of Rajasthan. She is currently 97 years old.
Purshottam Das Jalota was an Indian classical and devotional music singer, best known for his bhajans. He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India, in 2004.
Comedy Classes is an Indian comedy show on channel Life OK. Produced by Optimystix Entertainment, its starting date was 7 October 2014. The show is set in the Ache Din Institute, an acting school run by Selfie Mausi and her brother Naseer.
The Kapil Sharma Show, also known as TKSS, is an Indian Hindi language stand-up comedy and talk show broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television. Hosted by Kapil Sharma, the first season of the show premiered on 23 April 2016. The series revolved around Sharma and his neighbours in the Shantivan Non Co-operative Housing Society. The filming of the show took place at Film City situated in Goregaon East, Mumbai. The first season of the show was produced by Sharma's banner K9 Productions in association with Frames Productions while the second and third season were jointly produced by Salman Khan Television and Banijay Asia with K9 Productions and TEAM as the creative producers. The show's fifth season was launched in September 2022 in which Archana Puran Singh reprised her role as the guest judge. As per the reports, the team also saw some new actors joining the star cast.
Sanket Bhosale(born 9 May 1988) is an Indian comedian, actor, doctor and television presenter known for his work predominantly in Hindi television. He is known for mimicking voices of many bollywood and hollywood celebrities, notably Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt. Apart from his artistry, Bhosale is also a trained physician. He made his mimicry debut with the 2012 Laugh India Laugh, where he was among the top 10 finalists. He has worked at 92.7 Big FM in 2013.
Super Night with Tubelight was an Indian comedy television special developed by Sunil Grover and was broadcast on Sony TV. The special episode was hosted by Aparshakti Khurana. It was scheduled to release on 18 June 2017, but got aired a day before; due to the final match of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy between India and Pakistan on 18 June.
The Drama Company or The Drama Company: Super Nights is an Indian comedy show on Sony Entertainment Television. It premiered on 16 July 2017. It features comedians Krushna Abhishek, Ali Asgar, Sugandha Mishra, Sudesh Lehri, Sanket Bhosale and actor Mithun Chakraborty as permanent guest.
Arshad Ali Khan is an Indian classical singer belonging to the Kirana gharana.
Sandeep Ranade is an Indian Classical singer and software engineer from Pune. His composition about coronavirus, "Na Corona Karo," was shared extensively on social media. In 2021, he won an Apple Design Award for his app, NaadSadhana.
Ishtiyak Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in bollywood movies and television shows. He came into limelight for his role as english teacher in the film Phas Gaye Re Obama which also went viral as a meme in social media and he gained popularity from his role as Rajesh Autowala in Tamasha, Ludo, Janhit Mein Jaari, Anaarkali of Aarah, as well as portraying Chaurasia in Bharat, Vasu in Jolly LLB, Sunny in FryDay, and Munna in Ammaa Ki Boli. He is also well known for his role in Television series as Kappu Ka Sasur in the fourth season of The Kapil Sharma Show (2022), Puttan in Har Shaakh Pe Ullu Baithaa Hai, and in web series Dhindora.
Lokesh Anand is an Indian shehnai player. He studied with Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj and belongs to the Mewati Gharana.
Taare Zameen Par is an Indian kids singing reality show on StarPlus. It premiered on 2 November 2020 and ended on 30 January 2021. The series was hosted by the child actress Aakriti Sharma and singer Sugandha Mishra with Shankar Mahadevan, Jonita Gandhi and Tony Kakkar as the mentors.
India's Laughter Champion is an Indian reality stand-up comedy series produced by Banijay Asia. The show was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television. The show was hosted by Rochelle Rao, while Shekhar Suman and Archana Puran Singh are the judges. It replaced The Kapil Sharma Show. It aired its finale on 27 August 2022. It was won by Rajat Sood.
